FULL HIGHLIGHTS: No. 3 Montana powers past South Dakota

MISSOULA — Protection led the best way as soon as once more for the No. 3 Montana Grizzlies as UM topped South Dakota 24-7 on Saturday afternoon at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Montana held the South Dakota offense to simply 209 yards whole within the sport and used 5 sacks to repeatedly pin the Coyotes deep in their very own territory. Patrick O’Connell led the best way with 11 whole tackles, two for loss, and 1.5 sacks. Marcus Welnel, Tyler Flink and Braxton Hill all obtained in on sacks as did Henry Nuce who had half a sack.

The Grizzlies held South Dakota to simply 3 for 15 on third down. The Coyotes by no means give up, nevertheless, and broke by way of and scored the primary factors in opposition to Montana this season when Travis Theis scored on a 25-yard landing run with 6:27 left within the sport.

USD was unable to mount a full comeback regardless of hanging within the sport, and Hill’s sack pressured a security with 51 seconds left within the contest to successfully seal the sport for the Griz.

UM quarterback Lucas Johnson accounted for 3 touchdowns, working for the sport’s first two scores earlier than discovering Junior Bergen on a 12-yard landing connection within the third quarter. Johnson completed the sport 22 for 28 for 180 yards and likewise rushed for 75 yards within the sport. Bergen led the best way in receiving with six catches for 35 yards and the rating whereas Cole Grossman added a pair of catches for 64 yards.

The Grizzlies improved to 2-0 with the win whereas the Coyotes dropped to 0-2.

For full highlights from Saturday’s sport, try the video above.